Iron County register., 1887-05-12
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Hounslow near London, England, were de-
stroyed on the Sd by an explosion Wnlcn
occurred in the milling-room. one man
was killed Much damage was done 10
the property in the neighborhood.
In the Wilton County IN. H.) house OF
correction. on the 3D. one OF the inmates
in fit of rage attacked one OF the oficers
of the institution with file, stabblng him
in the region of the heart, making prob
ably fatal wound.
VIM. B. MONTGOMERY, private secretary
to the Commissioner of Patents, has ten
dered his reslgnation, to take effect on
the 10th inst, to enter the customs serv-
ice at Detroit, Mich.
QUEEN KAPIoLANI, of the Hawaiian
Islands, and party arrived in Was gton
on the evening of the 81. They were at
once driven to the Arlington Hotel, where
rooms had been engaged for the entire
party.
FRANK ALFRIEND, Assistant Librarian
of the United States Senate, died in Wash
ington on the Sd of rheumatism of the
heart, after a short illness. Mr.. Alfriend
was native of Virginia, and was only re-
Gently appointed to the position which he
held at the time of his death.
THE Connensville (Pa.) coke workers
are on strike.
THE Hawaiian Queen called on the
President at the White House on the 4th.
SENATOR CAMDEN has withdrawn from
the senatorial race in West Virginia.
| A CoAL-MINE horror is reported from
British Columbia, in which the number of
dead miners is estimated at a hundred and
fifty.
THE London Times IS very mod crate in
/ its comments on the issue raised in
| Parliament by John Dillon because OF its
severe charges against him.
THOMAS B. KERR, who was indicted
4 Jointly, in New York, with Jacob Sharp
and Jim Richmond, for bribing aldermen,
| was thrown from his carriage while driv-
ing in Central Park on the 4th and was Sc
| riously in jured.
THE New Jersey Board of Pardons re
fused to interfere with the death sentence
of George b. Disque, the Hoboken wife
murderer.
| JACK DEMPSEY has retired from the fistic
stage, as his arm is declared permanently
injured.
THE striking stove molders at Milwau-
kee, Wis, gave up the fight on the 4th,
and have returned to work on the boy
cotted st. Louis patterns. About three
hundred molders and indirectly several
hundred other men are affected.
A wEsT-BoUND emigrant train on the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad was derailed
by broken flange, a few miles from
Frederick, Md, on the 4th. Five cars were
badly wrecked and eight or ten OF the
passengers were slightly injured. Travel
was delayed for several hours.
COLONEL C. w. BRONSON who arrived at
Denver from Silver Cliff, Col, on the 4th,
reports that town in an increased state of
excitement over the richest silver discov-
cry made by the Security Company ever
heard of in that part of the country.
THE body of Duncan McKinnon was
taken to Eau Claire, Wis, for burial from
Little Jump river on the 4th. He and
eight others were simultaneously struck
by lightning while working on log drive.
NICK innon was instantly killed; John Nc
Gregor was probably fatally injured. The
others were stunned, but recovered.
ANNUAL meetings were held on the 4th
at Cleveland, O., of the stockholders OF
the Lake Shore & Michigan Southe and
the New York, Chicago & ST. Louis rail
roads.
THE Willard Hotel, at Brainard, Mimi,
was discovered on fire on the morning OF
the 4th, and it quickly burned to the
ground. The guests barely escaped with
their lives. The hotel and contents were
totally destroyed. 1t was owned by c. C.
and F. Kindred and the First National
Bank. Loss, s64, 0C9; insurance, S2O,0O
j. w. BoUGHToN & Co.'s Wood Carpet
factory and Thomas Days Iron foundry,
at Philadelphia, were burned on the
night of the 4th. Loss, s10O, 1000; partially
insured. Five firemen were carried down
by falling walls and injured, but not fa
. tally.
CLAY & WooDFoRD. owners of Runny-
meade stock farm, near Paris, KY, re
ceived an offer On the 4th of 500, 900 from
New York parties for their celebrated
stallion Hindoo provided he lived foul
years after the purchase. The offer was
refused.
The French Government has decided tt
suppress the performance of "Lohengrin''
If the anti-German demonstrations con-
tinue.
THE high water IN the Delaware river
has broken the iron pipe belonging to the
Tidewater Pipe Company that crosses the
river at Martins creek, n. j.. causing {
! heavy loss to the company. Repairs will
be made as soon as the high water abates
j. FAULKNER was elected United States
Senator by the West Virginia Legislature
on the 5th.
JAKE GAUDAUR is doing his training fo
his coming match with Ned Hanlan on tht
Potomac river at Washington.
FIVE millionaires, engaged in the oil in
dustry, are on trial at Buffalo, N Y, a.
| common conSplratorS.
SURVEYOR BEATTIE of the port of New
York says Cleveland will carry New Yorl
1 for the next election.
PETER SMITH was hanged in the Tom b
prison, New York City, on the morning o
the 5th. 1t was the first legal execution
on Thursday in the States history.
MUcH interest exists in Mexico over tn
presidential succession and the proposes
| amendment to the Constitution authoriz
, ing the election of an incum bent two sue
: cessive terms.
i, BOB TURNBULL, the pugilist, has sobere
mn and reached New York on the 9Th III
did not die at Logansport, Ind.
, THE London Telegraph considers the anti
German demonstrations at Paris seriou
| occurrences. The rendition of all of Wae
ner's operas have been suppressed at tn
q Eden Theatre.
D. E. KEITH, cashier of the Bank c
3 Elkton, Oak, is under arrest on a charg
i of robbery The bank is closed. Fixture
l. have been attached for taxes.
+ THE grand jury, at Buffalo, N. Y, hav
O found indictments against Henry Muir
|, John S. Harkey and Edward Somers, il
sane asylum officials, for manslaughter
the second degree, for causing the deaf
Of an inmate, c. W. Brown.
d THE -four mill, saw mill, planning mi
: and elevators of Mills & Houston at Ell
J, i River, Mimi, were burned on the night c
1 the 4th. The loss will aggregate $50, 600.
/. THE one hundred and nineteenth annu;
d meeting of the New York Chamber
% Commerce was held on the 5th, and tt
following officers were elected for th
ensuing year: President, Charles
k Smith; first ice-president, Josiah
r, Fiske; second vice-president, Corneliu
J. N. Bliss; treasurer, Solon Humphrey
r. secretary, Geo. Wilson.
ID A COMMITTEE representing Pickett's d
,e vision, c. 5. A, was at Gettysburg, Pa
1t on the 5th to confer with the Battlefield